Young Adult Leadership Training Program: Developing Leaders for the Present & Future (in English)
Synopsis "Young Adult Leadership Training Program: Developing Leaders for the Present & Future (in English)"
The Young Adult Leadership Training (YALT) manual provides churches and community groups with a tool for ages 14 - 26 that helps develop leadership skills, life skills, spiritual growth opportunities, and community service projects. This dynamic, interactive ministry model designed and developed by Barbara W. Rogers and her staff helps young adults increase self-awareness by providing opportunities in a safe and caring environment to work on introspection, self-definition, and the emergence of self-definition. Participants are provided extra support during this pivotal point in life regarding essential tasks for future stability and success in decision-making, core value formation, interpersonal relationships, career exploration, and giving back to the community as volunteers. Barbara W. Rogers, PhD, EdS, CLS Director for Training and Education is a mother and grandmother who has served in various ministries since the age of twelve. In addition to many years of ministry within congregations, she wrote Sunday school lessons for Urban Ministries, Inc. of Chicago during ten years as a stay-at-home mom. Later, she wrote God Rescues His People and God's Chosen King, activity books for the Herald Press Story Bible Series. As Founder and Director of Christian Life Skills, Inc. her passion is providing resources that encourage children, youth, and families to develop lives pleasing to God in our challenging world. Barbara lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband, Dr. John A. Rogers. They have two children and four grandchildren.
